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See also: Ovis
Hungarian
Etymology
From ovi + -s (adjective-forming suffix), from the clipping of óvoda (“preschool, kindergarten”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ovis (not comparable)
- (informal) synonym of óvodás (“attending a preschool or kindergarten; typical or characteristic of the children attending these institutions”)
Declension
or
Noun
ovis (plural ovisok)
- (informal) synonym of óvodás (“kindergartner, preschooler”, a child who is educated at a preschool or kindergarten)
Declension
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Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis (“sheep”) or *h₃éwis. Cognate with Sanskrit अवि (ávi), Ancient Greek ὄϊς (óïs), English ewe, Russian овца́ (ovcá).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɔ.wɪs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɔː.vis]
Noun
ovis f (genitive ovis); third declension
- sheep
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Evangelium secundum Lucam.15.4-5:
- Quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves, et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto, et vadit ad illam quae perierat, donec inveniat illam?
- Who among you, if you had a hundred sheep and one of them got lost, wouldn't leave the other ninety-nine behind and go for the lost one until you found it?
- Quis ex vobis homo qui habet centum oves, et si perdiderit unam ex illis, nonne dimittit nonaginta novem in deserto, et vadit ad illam quae perierat, donec inveniat illam?
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or -ī).
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Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
ōvīs n
References
- “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ovis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ovis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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